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Auburn outlines street projects, school-zone cameras and multi-year utility investment plans
Summary
The mayor reviewed completed and planned transportation projects, cited results from school-zone speed cameras and presented multi-decade utility investment plans including $214 million for water over 20 years.
Mayor Nancy Backus reviewed infrastructure work completed in 2024 and outlined planned transportation and utility investments intended to keep Auburn’s growth supported.
Backus said the city finished a downtown A Street loop linking Division and A Street SE and opened the Coal Creek pedestrian bridge (also called Game Farm Park Bridge), which replaced an aging water pipe and now connects two parks.
The mayor recapped the city’s photo-enforcement program launched in 2023: the first month yielded nearly 8,000 warnings and over 37,000 citations, and she said noncompliance fell sharply thereafter. Backus said the program was designed to be self-funded and stated the city is looking to expand speed-camera enforcement to three arterial locations.
On long-range utilities, Backus presented multi-decade plans and dollar figures: she said the water plan outlines $214,000,000 in investments over 20 years; the sewer plan allocates $59,000,000; and the storm drainage plan includes $39,500,000 for drainage improvements and water-quality work.
The mayor also mentioned the city’s transportation system plan update covering a 20-year horizon and noted the plan’s intent to integrate streets, transit, active transportation and freight movement to accommodate projected growth.
Specific project schedules and funding sources beyond the plan totals and the earlier-noted self-funded speed-camera rule were not fully itemized in the address.
